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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

On November 30, 2010, Ameris Bank, the wholly-owned banking subsidiary of Ameris Bancorp (the Company),
issued a press release announcing the appointment as of that date of Andrew B. Cheney as President and Chief Operating Officer of Ameris Bank. Mr. Cheney will begin serving in this role immediately. His chief responsibilities include all core
banking activities for the Companys four-state footprint.

Mr. Cheney, who is 60, has served since May 2009 as the Executive Vice
President and Banking Group President of both Ameris Bank and the Company. He will continue to hold those titles with the Company, where his role is unchanged. From February 2009 until May 2009, Mr. Cheney served as the Regional Executive for
Florida and Coastal Georgia. Prior to that time, he worked with Mercantile Bank, serving as Florida President from 2000 to 2007 and as the Florida Chairman from 2008 to 2009. For over 23 years, Mr. Cheney was an executive with Barnett Bank and
Bank of America, ultimately rising to the position of Jacksonville President and Market Executive for the northern half of Florida.

In
connection with his appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer of Ameris Bank, Mr. Cheneys annual base salary will be increased from $225,000 to $290,000. There are no family relationships between Mr. Cheney and any of the
Companys directors or executive officers, and the Company has not entered into any transactions with Mr. Cheney that are reportable pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release regarding Mr. Cheneys appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

99.1

Press release dated November 30, 2010.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.